Basking in the French Riviera's luminous art
With its romantic coastline, inviting beaches and reliable sunshine, southern France’s Riviera region has been a tourist destination since the 1860s. In the 1920s, aristocrats from London to Moscow flocked here to socialize, gamble and escape the dreary weather at home. But the area also attracted a Who’s Who of 20th-century artists, who were drawn by the Mediterranean’s bohemian atmosphere, luminous light and contrasting colours of sea, sand and sky.
